Over the last few years, LGBTQ stunts at Baylor, the world’s largt Baptist universy, have begun g out of the shadows. At the same time, more and more members of the universy’s faculty are showg public support for those stunts ways that would have been risky jt a few years ago — ways that clu showg up to an unofficial-official gay club meetg.
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- DPE STRICT BAPTIST DOCTRE, BAYLOR TAK STEPS TOWARD A GAY-TOLERANT CAMP
- LGBTQ+ ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR JUSTIN LEE SPEAKS TO BAYLOR STUDENTSBAYLOR LARIAT | EY LOHEC | SEPTEMBER 17, 2019JT LEE, A CHRISTIAN ADVOTE FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, SPOKE TO BAYLOR STUNTS ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND STANDG UNED WHILE ON MP TUDAY NIGHT.THE DIANA R. GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK HOSTED LEE AS A SPEAKER FOR BAYLOR’S CONVERSATN SERI, WHICH FOC ON “CIVIL DISURSE FOR THE MP MUNY.”LEE IS AN THOR AND PUBLIC SPEAKER KNOWN FOR SERVG AS A VOICE FOR THE CHRISTIAN LGBTQ+ MUNY, AND THE FOUNR OF Q CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, THE WORLD’S LARGT LGBTQ+ CHRISTIAN ADVOCY ANIZATN.LEE BELIEV THAT ORR TO DISCS ISSU WH PEOPLE, WE MT SHARE OUR STORI TO BETTER UNRSTAND WHAT OTHERS MAY BE GOG THROUGH. HE WANTED THE DIENCE TO GRASP THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT GOG E THE NIGHT TO SHARE HIS PERSONAL STORY BUT RATHER TO SHED HOPE ON THE IA OF UNRSTANDG AND ACCEPTG THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.“I’M A CHRISTIAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST — MY FAH IS AT THE RE OF WHO I AM, OM THE VERY BEGNG OF MY LIFE,” LEE SAID. “I THK WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKG ABOUT LGBTQ ISSU— I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSU TONIGHT BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSU THROUGH THE LENS OF TALKG ABOUT ACTUAL PEOPLE, BEE GOD LOV PEOPLE MORE THAN GOD LOV ISSU.” READ MORE…KWTX - HUNDREDS PACK ROOM TO HEAR CHRISTIAN AUTHOR SPEAK AT BAYLORNEARLY 500 FILLED TO THE NFERENCE ROOM ATOP THE CASHN AMY CENTER ON THE BAYLOR MP TUDAY EVENG TO LISTEN TO AN FLUENTIAL CHRISTIAN LGBTQ THOR SPEAK ABOUT FAH AND SEXUALY.THE ROOM WAS SO FILLED, SEVERAL PEOPLE ULD BE SEEN STANDG THE BACK TO LISTEN.JT LEE WAS AT THE UNIVERSY FOR A TWO-DAY VIS WHERE HE ALSO SPOKE TO STUNT CLASS.DR. JON E. SGLETARY WAS NAMED AN OF THE GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK GAVE OPENG REMARKS AND WELED LGBTQ STUNTS TO UNIVERSY AND SAYS THEY’RE WELED.THE TALK WAS OPEN TO STUNTS AND THE PUBLIC, STG THE ONT ROW WAS PRINT LDA LIVGSTONE’S HBAND, FILLG- WHILE THE UNIVERSY’S LEAR WAS AWAY ON TRAVEL, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. READ MORE… BAPTIST GLOBAL NEWSGAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST: BAYLOR NEED NOT ABANDON THEOLOGY TO EMBRACE LGBTQ STUDENTSBAPTIST GLOBAL NEWS | JEFF BMLEY | SEPTEMBER 19, 2019GAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST JT LEE HARBORED NO ILLNS THAT HIS VATN TO BAYLOR UNIVERSY WOULD RULT A SUDN, OFFICIAL AFFIRMATN OF LGBTQ STUNTS ON THE WA, TEXAS MP.“I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHERE BAYLOR IS. I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHERE A LOT OF MY CHRISTIANS IENDS ARE, A LOT OF CHRISTIAN STUTNS,” HE SAID A VIO RERDG OF HIS TUDAY NIGHT TALK POSTED ONLE. HE WAS HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSY’S DIANA R. GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.BAYLOR’S GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENR STUNT MUNY KNOWS THIS ALL TOO WELL. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THEIR LATT REQUT FOR A CHARTER FOR GAMMA ALPHA UPSILON, THE LGBTQ CLUB AT BAYLOR, WAS NIED. READ MORE…KXXV BAYLOR UNIVERSITY HOSTS LGBTQ+ SPEAKER FOR OPEN CONVERSATION
DPE STRICT BAPTIST DOCTRE, BAYLOR TAK STEPS TOWARD A GAY-TOLERANT CAMP
“What nf me is like how we're advotg for somethg, ” said Br LaVergne, Baylor senr and print of Gamma Alpha Upsilon, or GAY Greek letters, the unofficial LGBTQ stunt group on mp. Stunts like LaVergne said while the rolutn is a step the right directn, they’re skeptil Baylor n create a group that would be palatable to queer stunts, given their unrelentg posn on issu like gay marriage.
The first time she was lled a homophobic slur happened after she posted a photo of herself on Instagram nng the Baylor flag across the field at a football game wh a Pri flag pated on her leg.
LGBTQ+ ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR JUSTIN LEE SPEAKS TO BAYLOR STUDENTSBAYLOR LARIAT | EY LOHEC | SEPTEMBER 17, 2019JT LEE, A CHRISTIAN ADVOTE FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY, SPOKE TO BAYLOR STUNTS ABOUT ACCEPTANCE AND STANDG UNED WHILE ON MP TUDAY NIGHT.THE DIANA R. GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK HOSTED LEE AS A SPEAKER FOR BAYLOR’S CONVERSATN SERI, WHICH FOC ON “CIVIL DISURSE FOR THE MP MUNY.”LEE IS AN THOR AND PUBLIC SPEAKER KNOWN FOR SERVG AS A VOICE FOR THE CHRISTIAN LGBTQ+ MUNY, AND THE FOUNR OF Q CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, THE WORLD’S LARGT LGBTQ+ CHRISTIAN ADVOCY ANIZATN.LEE BELIEV THAT ORR TO DISCS ISSU WH PEOPLE, WE MT SHARE OUR STORI TO BETTER UNRSTAND WHAT OTHERS MAY BE GOG THROUGH. HE WANTED THE DIENCE TO GRASP THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT GOG E THE NIGHT TO SHARE HIS PERSONAL STORY BUT RATHER TO SHED HOPE ON THE IA OF UNRSTANDG AND ACCEPTG THE LGBTQ+ MUNY.“I’M A CHRISTIAN, FIRST AND FOREMOST — MY FAH IS AT THE RE OF WHO I AM, OM THE VERY BEGNG OF MY LIFE,” LEE SAID. “I THK WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKG ABOUT LGBTQ ISSU— I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSU TONIGHT BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ISSU THROUGH THE LENS OF TALKG ABOUT ACTUAL PEOPLE, BEE GOD LOV PEOPLE MORE THAN GOD LOV ISSU.” READ MORE…KWTX - HUNDREDS PACK ROOM TO HEAR CHRISTIAN AUTHOR SPEAK AT BAYLORNEARLY 500 FILLED TO THE NFERENCE ROOM ATOP THE CASHN AMY CENTER ON THE BAYLOR MP TUDAY EVENG TO LISTEN TO AN FLUENTIAL CHRISTIAN LGBTQ THOR SPEAK ABOUT FAH AND SEXUALY.THE ROOM WAS SO FILLED, SEVERAL PEOPLE ULD BE SEEN STANDG THE BACK TO LISTEN.JT LEE WAS AT THE UNIVERSY FOR A TWO-DAY VIS WHERE HE ALSO SPOKE TO STUNT CLASS.DR. JON E. SGLETARY WAS NAMED AN OF THE GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK GAVE OPENG REMARKS AND WELED LGBTQ STUNTS TO UNIVERSY AND SAYS THEY’RE WELED.THE TALK WAS OPEN TO STUNTS AND THE PUBLIC, STG THE ONT ROW WAS PRINT LDA LIVGSTONE’S HBAND, FILLG- WHILE THE UNIVERSY’S LEAR WAS AWAY ON TRAVEL, AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. READ MORE… BAPTIST GLOBAL NEWSGAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST: BAYLOR NEED NOT ABANDON THEOLOGY TO EMBRACE LGBTQ STUDENTSBAPTIST GLOBAL NEWS | JEFF BMLEY | SEPTEMBER 19, 2019GAY CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST JT LEE HARBORED NO ILLNS THAT HIS VATN TO BAYLOR UNIVERSY WOULD RULT A SUDN, OFFICIAL AFFIRMATN OF LGBTQ STUNTS ON THE WA, TEXAS MP.“I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHERE BAYLOR IS. I KNOW THAT’S NOT WHERE A LOT OF MY CHRISTIANS IENDS ARE, A LOT OF CHRISTIAN STUTNS,” HE SAID A VIO RERDG OF HIS TUDAY NIGHT TALK POSTED ONLE. HE WAS HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSY’S DIANA R. GARLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.BAYLOR’S GAY, LBIAN AND TRANSGENR STUNT MUNY KNOWS THIS ALL TOO WELL. EARLIER THIS MONTH, THEIR LATT REQUT FOR A CHARTER FOR GAMMA ALPHA UPSILON, THE LGBTQ CLUB AT BAYLOR, WAS NIED. READ MORE…KXXV BAYLOR UNIVERSITY HOSTS LGBTQ+ SPEAKER FOR OPEN CONVERSATION
It argued Baylor’s cisn to allow a young nservative group to brg a ntroversial speaker to mp at the time, spe his homophobic and sexist views, monstrated Baylor’s unfair treatment of some stunt groups vers others. LaVergne said lears GAY have already agreed they will not jo a group where they mt provi an official stunt roster, sce some stunts do not publicly share their genr inty, or if they are subject to l or requirements that are not required for other stunt groups.
They removed a ban on “homosexual acts” om s sexual nduct policy six years ago and didn’t allow dancg on mp until the mid-1990s. A gay stunt at Tett Semary lost his scholarship 2004, the same year the stunt paper, the Baylor Lariat, was reprimand for edorializg support of marriage equaly. In 2015, the universy did drop language characterizg “homosexual acts” as “mis of God’s gift” om s stunt of nduct, but the current still stat that only sex wh heterosexual marriage is permissible.